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April 09, 2013
I-Group: Runway Tragedy Not Political

The Ingraham administration's renegotiation of the I-Group's Mayaguana deal played no part in last week's tragic accident, which killed three people on a runway on that island, said I-Group representative Tim Haffner yesterday.

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April 04, 2013
UPDATE: Deceased identified in Mayaguana Runway Crash

Mayaguana - An emergency evacuation flight turned deadly this morning when the plane chartered to pick up the ailing individual crashed into a vehicle near the runway, killing three people, the Minister of Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin revealed. 3.29pm: Glenys Hanna-Martin, Minister of Transport and Aviation...

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April 04, 2013
JUST IN: Plane kills three on Mayaguana runway

MAYAGUANA - AN emergency evacuation flight turned deadly this morning when the plane chartered to pick up the ailing individual crashed into a vehicle near the runway, killing three people, the Minister of Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin revealed.

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April 22, 2014
Runway is completed at airport after fatal crash

FOR the first time in five years, Bahamasair will start making regularly scheduled flights to Mayaguana...

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April 23, 2013
Families 'stressed' in Wait to Burying Runway Crash Victims

The families of three people killed in a runway accident on Mayaguana more than two weeks ago have yet to receive their remains. Former Cabinet Minister Sidney Collie, who lost his mother, sister and brother-in-law in the accident, said they can not find closure from the "horrific and unexpected"...

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April 23, 2014
Bahamasair's return to Mayaguana hailed as good news

The completion of the runway refurbishment at the Mayaguana Airport and the return of regularly scheduled Bahamasair flights there after a five year absence are significant milestones for the residents of that island and signal the resurgence of the Mayaguana economy, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts said in a statement yesterday...

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April 08, 2013
Govt to Finish Repairs at Mayaguana Airport

Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin said yesterday she is getting advice on how her ministry can finish repairs at the airport in Mayaguana without interfering with the heads of agreement signed between the I-Group and the government.

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April 08, 2013
Basic Safety and Mayaguana

The death of three people in Mayaguana last week was a tragedy. The residents were attempting to illuminate a runway for a medical charter. The plane struck the vehicles and two women and man were killed. The victims were identified as former Cabinet Minister Sidney Collie's mother, Edith Collie, his sister...

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October 09, 2013
Ongoing woes for Mayaguana airport

Several Mayaguana residents used their vehicles' high beams to assist in the landing of a plane making an emergency medical flight on Sunday because half of the emergency solar lights at the runway were inoperable, The Nassau Guardian has learnt...

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April 04, 2013
Tragic aviation accident in Mayaguana

In the early hours of this morning I was informed of an aviation accident in Mayaguana resulting in the tragic death of 3 people. I am advised that all 3 persons are residents of the island of Mayaguana.

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